In the Catholic Church, perhaps the worst of the sexual scandal

reported outside of the Irish fiasco took place within the secretive,

almost cult-like, Legion of Christ. At its epicenter was the Legion's

founder, the now-disgraced Rev. Marcial Maciel Degollado. The secrecy

and the cult-like power that Degollado held over his followers made

sexual abuse that much more likely to occur and made his victims and

witnesses to his crimes that much less likely to come forward.

But a sports team is not a cult, and Penn State is not some extreme

religious order tucked away in a far-off country, protected by a

powerful Pope. The head of the program, legendary coach Joe Paterno,

isn't even a suspect.